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Bell Bearing Hunter is a recurring Field Boss in Elden Ring. He is a hunter of shopkeepers who only appears at night and features long-distance melee attacks. This is an optional boss as players don't need to defeat it to advance in Elden Ring.
In order for the Bell Bearing Hunter to appear, you must have already entered Stormveil Castle at least once. He will appear only at night, so if you don't see him, make sure to rest again at the nearby Site of Grace after passing time to nightfall.
See Elemer of the Briar for the Great Enemy version of this boss. Defeating the real Elemer will not prevent the Bell Bearing Hunters from appearing, however. Despite his fearsome reputation, the Bell Bearing Hunter cannot permanently kill merchants.
Elemer murdered numerous instructors and merchants, and was known as the Bell Bearing Hunter.
Elden Ring Bell Bearing Hunter Locations
- Warmaster's Shack [More Info] [Map Link]
- Church of Vows [More Info] [Map Link]
- Hermit Merchant's Shack [More Info] [Map Link]
- Isolated Merchant's Shack (Dragonbarrow) [More Info] [Map Link]
- Bell Bearing Hunter only spawns after resting at the corresponding site of grace at night after passing time; passing the time at the site of grace without resting again will not make him spawn. Alternatively, teleporting to the corresponding site of grace during the night will also make him spawn. You will know he will spawn because the merchant will not be present.
Bell Bearing Hunter Combat information
- Stance: 80
- Parryable: Yes, but 2 parries are required per stance break
- Is vulnerable to a critical hit after being stance broken or parried
- Damage:
Standard,
Strike,
Pierce,
Magic
- See Elemer of the Briar for a full boss guide
- If you can climb on nearby scenery and get above the Bell Bearing Hunter's head, none of his attacks can hit you. Use spells like Night Maiden's Mist that can hit through structures to damage him. Even if it seems like he's going out of range, you can simply wait and he will be back in a moment.
Negations (or Absorption)
The negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 means the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.
Bell Bearing HunterWarmaster's Shack |
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Drops | ![]() Bone Peddler's Bell Bearing |
HP | 2,495 |
Elden Ring Bell Bearing Hunter Boss (Warmaster's Shack)
- This is an optional boss
- Closest Site of Grace: Warmaster's Shack
- Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
- You cannot summon Spirit Ashes for this boss in its normal location, but if you draw it northeast to the guard post you can summon it there.
Bell Bearing Hunter Location
As with all Bell Bearing Hunters, this only appears if you approach Warmaster's Shack when it's already nighttime. If the merchant is absent, that indicates that the Bell Bearing Hunter will appear when you approach their usual location. If they're not, rest at the Site of Grace and approach again. [Map Link]
Bell Bearing Hunter Combat information
- Health: 2,495 HP
- Defense: 103
- Drops
2,700, Bone Peddler's Bell Bearing
Resistances
Poison: 316 / 414 / 704 / 1161
Scarlet Rot: 316 / 414 / 704 / 1161
Hemorrhage: 517 / 807 / 1264
Frostbite: 517 / 807 / 1264
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.
NG+ and Beyond (click to reveal)
NG | NG+ | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 | |
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HP | 2,495 | 5,875 | 6,462 | 6,756 | 7,050 | 7,637 | 7,931 | 8,225 |
Defense | 103 | 117 | 120 | 123 | 129 | 135 | 141 | 152 |
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2,700 | 13,500 | 14,850 | 15,187 | 16,200 | 16,537 | 16,875 | 17,212 |
Resistances |
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316 / 414 / 704 / 1161 | 344 / 442 / 732 / 1189 | 349 / 447 / 737 / 1194 | 354 / 452 / 742 / 1199 | 359 / 457 / 747 / 1204 | 364 / 462 / 752 / 1209 | 369 / 467 / 757 / 1214 | 374 / 472 / 762 / 1219 |
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316 / 414 / 704 / 1161 | 344 / 442 / 732 / 1189 | 349 / 447 / 737 / 1194 | 354 / 452 / 742 / 1199 | 359 / 457 / 747 / 1204 | 364 / 462 / 752 / 1209 | 369 / 467 / 757 / 1214 | 374 / 472 / 762 / 1219 |
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517 / 807 / 1264 | 564 / 854 / 1311 | 572 / 862 / 1319 | 580 / 870 / 1327 | 589 / 879 / 1336 | 597 / 887 / 1344 | 606 / 896 / 1353 | 614 / 904 / 1361 |
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517 / 807 / 1264 | 564 / 854 / 1311 | 572 / 862 / 1319 | 580 / 870 / 1327 | 589 / 879 / 1336 | 597 / 887 / 1344 | 606 / 896 / 1353 | 614 / 904 / 1361 |
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316 / 414 / 704 / 1161 | 344 / 442 / 732 / 1189 | 349 / 447 / 737 / 1194 | 354 / 452 / 742 / 1199 | 359 / 457 / 747 / 1204 | 364 / 462 / 752 / 1209 | 369 / 467 / 757 / 1214 | 374 / 472 / 762 / 1219 |
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Bell Bearing HunterChurch of Vows |
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Drops | ![]() Meat Peddler's Bell Bearing |
HP | 4,050 |
Elden Ring Bell Bearing Hunter Boss (Church of Vows)
- This is an optional boss
- Closest Site of Grace: Church of Vows
- Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
- You cannot summon Spirit Ashes for this boss
Bell Bearing Hunter Location
As with all Bell Bearing Hunter encounters, he only appears if you approach the Church of Vows at nighttime and when the merchant is absent. If Miriel is present, rest at the Site of Grace and approach again. [Map Link]
If Miriel continues to appear, try the following:
- Talk to Miriel. Try listening to each of his lore dialogue options and resting again at Site of Grace.
- Attack Miriel. If Miriel takes any amount of damage, he will hide in his shell and refuse to speak. Perform a light attack on Miriel and rest once more at the Site of Grace, and the boss encounter will trigger. When Miriel reappears, he will not be hostile.
Bell Bearing Hunter Combat information
- Health: 4,050 HP
- Defense: 110
- Damage:
Standard,
Strike,
Pierce,
Magic
- Drops
6,000, Meat Peddler's Bell Bearing
Resistances
Poison: 329 / 427 / 717 / 1174
Scarlet Rot: 329 / 427 / 717 / 1174
Hemorrhage: 539 / 829 / 1286
Frostbite: 539 / 829 / 1286
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.
NG+ and Beyond (click to reveal)
NG | NG+ | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 | |
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HP | 4,050 | 5,989 | 6,587 | 6,887 | 7,186 | 7,785 | 8,085 | 8,384 |
Defense | 110 | 118 | 120 | 123 | 129 | 135 | 141 | 153 |
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6,000 | 18,000 | 19,800 | 20,250 | 21,600 | 22,050 | 22,500 | 22,950 |
Resistances |
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329 / 427 / 717 / 1174 | 355 / 453 / 743 / 1200 | 360 / 458 / 748 / 1205 | 365 / 463 / 753 / 1210 | 370 / 468 / 758 / 1215 | 376 / 474 / 764 / 1221 | 381 / 479 / 769 / 1226 | 386 / 484 / 774 / 1231 |
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329 / 427 / 717 / 1174 | 355 / 453 / 743 / 1200 | 360 / 458 / 748 / 1205 | 365 / 463 / 753 / 1210 | 370 / 468 / 758 / 1215 | 376 / 474 / 764 / 1221 | 381 / 479 / 769 / 1226 | 386 / 484 / 774 / 1231 |
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539 / 829 / 1286 | 582 / 872 / 1329 | 590 / 880 / 1337 | 599 / 889 / 1346 | 608 / 898 / 1355 | 616 / 906 / 1363 | 625 / 915 / 1372 | 634 / 924 / 1381 |
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539 / 829 / 1286 | 582 / 872 / 1329 | 590 / 880 / 1337 | 599 / 889 / 1346 | 608 / 898 / 1355 | 616 / 906 / 1363 | 625 / 915 / 1372 | 634 / 924 / 1381 |
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329 / 427 / 717 / 1174 | 355 / 453 / 743 / 1200 | 360 / 458 / 748 / 1205 | 365 / 463 / 753 / 1210 | 370 / 468 / 758 / 1215 | 376 / 474 / 764 / 1221 | 381 / 479 / 769 / 1226 | 386 / 484 / 774 / 1231 |
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Bell Bearing HunterHermit Merchant's Shack |
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Drops | ![]() Medicine Peddler's Bell Bearing |
HP | 6,216 |
Elden Ring Bell Bearing Hunter Boss (Hermit Merchant's Shack)
- This is an optional boss
- Closest Site of Grace: Hermit Merchant's Shack
- Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
- You cannot summon Spirit Ashes for this boss
Bell Bearing Hunter Combat information
- Health: 6,216 HP
- Defense: 114
- Damage:
Standard,
Strike,
Pierce,
Magic
- Drops
20,000, Medicine Peddler's Bell Bearing
Resistances
Poison: 337 / 435 / 725 / 1182
Scarlet Rot: 337 / 435 / 725 / 1182
Hemorrhage: 552 / 842 / 1299
Frostbite: 552 / 842 / 1299
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.
NG+ and Beyond (click to reveal)
NG | NG+ | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 | |
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HP | 6,216 | 7,788 | 8,566 | 8,956 | 9,345 | 10,124 | 10,513 | 10,903 |
Defense | 114 | 118 | 121 | 124 | 130 | 136 | 141 | 153 |
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20,000 | 60,000 | 66,000 | 67,500 | 72,000 | 73,500 | 75,000 | 76,500 |
Resistances |
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337 / 435 / 725 / 1182 | 362 / 460 / 750 / 1207 | 367 / 465 / 755 / 1212 | 372 / 470 / 760 / 1217 | 378 / 476 / 766 / 1223 | 383 / 481 / 771 / 1228 | 389 / 487 / 777 / 1234 | 394 / 492 / 782 / 1239 |
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337 / 435 / 725 / 1182 | 362 / 460 / 750 / 1207 | 367 / 465 / 755 / 1212 | 372 / 470 / 760 / 1217 | 378 / 476 / 766 / 1223 | 383 / 481 / 771 / 1228 | 389 / 487 / 777 / 1234 | 394 / 492 / 782 / 1239 |
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552 / 842 / 1299 | 593 / 883 / 1340 | 601 / 891 / 1348 | 610 / 900 / 1357 | 619 / 909 / 1366 | 628 / 918 / 1375 | 637 / 927 / 1384 | 646 / 936 / 1393 |
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552 / 842 / 1299 | 593 / 883 / 1340 | 601 / 891 / 1348 | 610 / 900 / 1357 | 619 / 909 / 1366 | 628 / 918 / 1375 | 637 / 927 / 1384 | 646 / 936 / 1393 |
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337 / 435 / 725 / 1182 | 362 / 460 / 750 / 1207 | 367 / 465 / 755 / 1212 | 372 / 470 / 760 / 1217 | 378 / 476 / 766 / 1223 | 383 / 481 / 771 / 1228 | 389 / 487 / 777 / 1234 | 394 / 492 / 782 / 1239 |
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Immune |
Bell Bearing HunterIsolated Merchant's Shack (Dragonbarrow) |
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Drops | ![]() Gravity Stone Peddler's Bell Bearing |
HP | 10,619 |
Elden Ring Bell Bearing Hunter Boss (Isolated Merchant's Shack)
- This is an optional boss
- Closest Site of Grace: Isolated Merchant's Shack (Dragonbarrow)
- Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
- You cannot summon Spirit Ashes for this boss
Bell Bearing Hunter Combat information
- Health: 10,619 HP
- Defense: 121
- Damage:
Standard,
Strike,
Pierce,
Magic
- Drops
50,000, Gravity Stone Peddler's Bell Bearing
Resistances
Poison: 383 / 481 / 771 / 1228
Scarlet Rot: 383 / 481 / 771 / 1228
Hemorrhage: 627 / 917 / 1374
Frostbite: 627 / 917 / 1374
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.
NG+ and Beyond (click to reveal)
NG | NG+ | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 | |
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HP | 10,619 | 10,629 | 11,691 | 12,223 | 12,754 | 13,817 | 14,349 | 14,880 |
Defense | 121 | 120 | 123 | 126 | 132 | 138 | 144 | 156 |
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50,000 | 100,000 | 110,000 | 112,500 | 120,000 | 122,500 | 125,000 | 127,500 |
Resistances |
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383 / 481 / 771 / 1228 | 409 / 507 / 797 / 1254 | 415 / 513 / 803 / 1260 | 421 / 519 / 809 / 1266 | 427 / 525 / 815 / 1272 | 433 / 531 / 821 / 1278 | 439 / 537 / 827 / 1284 | 445 / 543 / 833 / 1290 |
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383 / 481 / 771 / 1228 | 409 / 507 / 797 / 1254 | 415 / 513 / 803 / 1260 | 421 / 519 / 809 / 1266 | 427 / 525 / 815 / 1272 | 433 / 531 / 821 / 1278 | 439 / 537 / 827 / 1284 | 445 / 543 / 833 / 1290 |
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627 / 917 / 1374 | 670 / 960 / 1417 | 680 / 970 / 1427 | 690 / 980 / 1437 | 700 / 990 / 1447 | 710 / 1000 / 1457 | 720 / 1010 / 1467 | 730 / 1020 / 1477 |
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627 / 917 / 1374 | 670 / 960 / 1417 | 680 / 970 / 1427 | 690 / 980 / 1437 | 700 / 990 / 1447 | 710 / 1000 / 1457 | 720 / 1010 / 1467 | 730 / 1020 / 1477 |
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383 / 481 / 771 / 1228 | 409 / 507 / 797 / 1254 | 415 / 513 / 803 / 1260 | 421 / 519 / 809 / 1266 | 427 / 525 / 815 / 1272 | 433 / 531 / 821 / 1278 | 439 / 537 / 827 / 1284 | 445 / 543 / 833 / 1290 |
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Trivia
- The Bell Bearing Hunter will only appear at night.
- You may need to rest at the Site of Grace before the boss will spawn. If you passed the time at the Site of Grace, you must rest on it one more time to make it spawn. Additionally, attacking or killing the nearby merchant and then resting will allow the boss fight to trigger.
- Defeating Elemer of the Briar has no impact on encounters with the Bell Bearing Hunter.
Bell Bearing Hunter Image Gallery
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- Anonymous
I'm playing on NG+ (reached Leyndell already) and just met this guy for the first time when I visited the Church of Vows, I was caught by surprise and he killed me. 300 hours playing Elden Ring and this game still surprises me.
- Anonymous
If you're like me and couldn't figure out why the hell he won't spawn at the shack with Bernahl despite resting again, not exhausting his dialogue is what preventing the boss from spawning.
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i absolutely love how you can't stagger these mother****ers even with a jump attack of 2 powerstanced greatswords
- Anonymous
This Dragonbarrow f*cker took me more tries than Hoarah Loux with same build at same level
Ouchie
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If you kill him with a riposte, his corpse will remain on the ground instead of disappearing, very useful for teabagging him.
- Anonymous
If you rotate to the left of his attack he will just spam shield bash attack after which you can do uncharged heavy and repeat.
- Anonymous
He is over leveled in every area you find him, you cannot change my mind on that.
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I hate dodging into one of his attacks and getting pinned in the shifty little cabin he spawns in off the start and CANT ESCAPE
- Anonymous
I read the comments and i thought im the only one who hates him at Dragonbarrow. Little piece of shat tested my patience at gaming and took me like 45 attempts before giving up
- Anonymous
You can't back stab this a**h0le
Source: the stack of my dead bodies
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I want to love this guy, but his Dragonbarrow version makes so mad every time i want to kill him. Just shows that certain kits should not be scaled above certain levels. Same with Runebears, the ones in Liurnia and Limgrave are fine, but those in Consacrated are pure bullshit, having more HP than 90% of the bosses.
- Anonymous
Pulley crossbow grab recipe for rot and poison bolts, teleport to mohgs dynasty and buy burred bolts from the merchant there for bleed. Torrent and be patient.
- Anonymous
the one in dragonbarrow on ng+7 is hell. worst boss in any video game. i love getting two shot with morgott's great rune, dragoncrest greatshield talisman, and 80 vigor. fun game.
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new to the game.
gave up on closing the distance and just i) hookclawed him at spawn for 1/2 of its HP, then ii) rode torrent and poked at him with a katana when running in. a bit cheesy but worked pretty easily
- Anonymous
Just stay close to him and learn to dodge precisely instead of panic rolling and when he tries to grab you try to stay behind him.
- Anonymous
"In order for the Bell Bearing Hunter to appear, you must have already entered Stormveil Castle at least once."
Well that's a ****ing lie! I just got ambushed by him when talking to Bernahl at the warmaster shack on a brand new character! I never even touched the castle at this point.
- Anonymous
You can't use this method without dodging and actually fighting (so you will have to git gud)
but my strategy is to use Carian retaliation, then get 2 jumping heavies in with a weapon that does at least 20 stance damage on jump attack. That I've found guarantees a poise break and successful riposte.
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I love when his grab attack hits me ten ****ing feet past the end of his hand, great hitboxes Miyazaki
- Anonymous
He can't attack up so if you can use torrent to jump up on top of the shacks he won't be able to hit you so you can just range him from safety.
- Anonymous
this guy is reminds me of Pursuer from DS2 but with different motive
- Anonymous
I absolutely love how Elemer has this huge shield, but never once uses it for defense. Only attack.
- Anonymous
I think the one at the church of vows is broken after the most recent update. He is the only one I can’t get to spawn after hours of messing with it over 3 characters. I have it on another 3 so idk why this is happening.
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Went the entire time playing Elden Ring and 192 hours of playtime never running into this guy or even knowing he exists until after I stopped playing.
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I struggled with this guy until I realized that the last thing you want to do is to be at a mid to long distance away from him. As soon as you have more than a few feet/meters between you two he'll almost always keep spamming his ranged sword attacks with MAYBE the occasional gap closer. What I found to work best is to literally get right into his face, which will force him to use more regular attacks which
a) are a lot easier to read
b) can be parried
The only time you'll want to distance yourself or roll away is when he whips his shield out, when he starts weaving his red glow attacks, or when he goes to grab you. As soon as he finishes any of those you'll wanna close the distance immediately so he keeps deferring to his two *basic* combos. Rinse and repeat. I hope this helps someone out there that may read this. Just know you aren't the only person who was losing their mind to this fight.
- Anonymous
Aside from this guy being able to two-shot you with its combo in warmasters shack *including the long-reach one*,you can get stuck in "very" conveniently placed trees without even realising it *thanks to the FS camera*,you can also run in to wolfpack spawning,which makes this fight even more "fun"
- Anonymous
I find staying right in front of him makes it easiest to dodge everything he does. My battle strategy:
- Stay right in front of him at all times
- If he does a normal sword attack, even the one from above, this can be parried easily if you have a small shield or a buckler. It does take some practice.
- If sword glows red, roll into him or left and right on subsequent glowing red attacks as part of the same combo
- If hand glows red, dodge past him when the grab attack happens
- If shield is coming down, dodge back and wait for the AoE attack
oh and watch out for the red attack where he send the sword out straight and far - it attacks you on the way back
- Anonymous
My favorite part of fighting this jackass is that his attacks ignore collision,so even if you try to put the shack between you and him for a second to heal,he will just send the sword straight through it anyways. Or the fact that some attacks have perfect homing,so once it starts,it doesn't matter how much distance you put between you two because it's locked on. What a well designed enemy. I can't wait for more of these in the DLC
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Great info was helpful for fight! One thing: wiki says you must enter Stormveil to trigger, but I just fought the Warmaster's Shack hunter after having played only in Limgrave, Bestial Sanctum, and finally Liurnia up to Artist's Shack (Finger Reader Crone route). Interesting.
- Anonymous
Drops way too little runes for how difficult they are for their area. Especially the Warmaster’s Shack one. He drops enough for you to buy, like, 7 bones, despite being probably the hardest boss in Limgrave if you don’t use any cheese methods. By the way, you should definitely cheese these guys.
- Anonymous
Get behind him whenever he finishes an attack, 8/10 times he will slam his shield allowing you to repeat the loop for a few runs. At the start I was able to complete 4 katanas powerstance attacks, after this he will mostly use and overhead attack which you can parry quite reliably (the windows aren’t that hard, I used a parrying dagger.) so sneak a couple hits then let your stamina regen for a parry (he only needs 2 for a riposte, and for a long time meaning you have time to 2-hand your weapon for extra damage.
- Anonymous
the one at church of vows isn't spawning at latest version, i passed time 4 times, rested at site of grace and teleported
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“Just parry” “stay close”- people with hopes and dreams that have yet to encounter dragonbarrow.
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For easy cheese, before you spawn him, use Torrent to double-jump onto the southern shack roof and then jump to the northern roof. From here, walk to the northern edge of the roof and the Bell Bearing Hunter will spawn. He cannot hit you from there so you can rain arrows freely. Good setup is Longbow + Rain of Arrows aow with Serpent Arrows and Bloodbone Arrows. You can also use Rotbone Arrows for extra cheese. Greatbow + Rain of Arrows aow or Lion's Greatbow + Radahn's Rain also work here.
I got him down to just a sliver of health legit fighting so many times, I just decided to cheese with the aforementioned and move on. I could have waited until end-game and came back to fight him, but I couldn't be bothered.
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When he's about to die after a long time of cheesing him with my AOW blood blade, a f*king dog mauled me from the back!
- Anonymous
Even the Black Blade Kindred is better than this guy in DB.
- Anonymous
I used to think the Crucible knight in Limgrave was overkill but damn this boss is the worst at low levels. These guys should become the elden lord honestly, they're playing a better game than us.
- Anonymous
50K for Caelid bell bearing hunter is a rip off lol I feel cheated
- Anonymous
Charged R2, charged R2, jump attack, riposte, charged R2, dodge left, parry, charged R2, dodge right, jump attack, riposte. Fight over. So hard.
- Anonymous
Try using bolt of gransax. I was able to beat the dragonbarrow one with a little ease since he is weak to lightning. Try to alway maintain huge gap and keep spamming with ancient lightning spear. This should kill him without you taking any damage.
- Anonymous
Honestly it sometimes took me a long time but I don’t really see what the big deal with this guy is. Play to his weaknesses, stay right up his ass unless he slams his shield into the ground, and be patient chipping until he stance breaks. Or parry the attacks that aren’t red, though honestly I’m not all that great at parrying so I got through the Dragonbarrow one by dodging. He has the smallest opening after each attack chain, once you get a feel for how to get through them it’s really just a matter of execution. Maybe I’m more patient than most, but this guy only seemed reasonably ball-busting to me. Could also be that I was using the Dragon Halberd, though only at +4.
- Anonymous
You do not need to enter Stormveil Castle for these guys to appear. I started a new game and booked it straight to the Dragonbarrow Merchant's shack, hunter still spawned.
- Anonymous
This is basicly the case of Fromsoft moving all the sliders that determine stats of an enemy right and putting it in the game, the only weakness this guy has is being parried (the harder one) or you can just use something like comet Azur or Blasphemous Blade and never look back. Not every boss deserves your time and effort and this guy is definetly the case for this clown.
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I did fought that bastard at the weeping peninsula, in previous patches though, maybe it got removed.
- Anonymous
for a difficult and cool looking boss the rewords are.... well not really worth it.
bones are easy to get even the hefty ones same for meat, the stats effect remover are good to get as for farming for multiple ingredients is annoying (dragonfly) and the gravity stone wold have been better if it just drop from the star beast next to the tree sentinel duo as it just drops multiple crafting materials that you most likely don't need.
- Anonymous
Keep calm and parry, unless he uses any of his "red" flying-bullshit-sword attacks, wich are unparryable.
I repeat, dodge red attacks, PARRY everything else, DO NOT attack him directly, heal, panic roll, get away, breathe, etc, etc ALL those actions will be punished with a sword up your rectum. Stick to him and parry. Can't stress this enough. PARRY
If someone have problem with spawn of BBH in Church of Vows - I listened to all the lore diagoles of this turtle and then just sat by the fire again. Then the hunter came. Oh, wait, I'm can add this info in this page.
If you're underlevel or not confident fighting them, I recommend buying some Kukri from the Merchant at Castle Morne Rampart. You can throw them from the back of Torrent and dash away when the boss gets too close. Kukri will proc bleed and do a good chunk of damage. Make sure to throw them while directly facing the boss as throwing from the side/behind will cause the knives to miss completely. Rot and Ice Dragon breaths are also handy, but a bit more risky since they slow your movement while being cast and leave you wide open. Good luck!
- Anonymous
Easiest bosses ever. You break their poise every time they spawn with any weapon - half hp minimum. Then just parry 2 times staying melee and its gone. l2p
- Anonymous
100% tracking, input reading, hits through walls with no problem, has infinite poise and gives barely any room for a counter attack.
I'm actually proud I cheesed this unfair boss :)
- Anonymous
killed the one in caelid using a faith build at level 100. ekzykes's decay once (full cast), then dodge his swords and do it once more (half cast) to inflict rot. keep distance and dodge his sword attacks, which have a very repetitive pattern, whilst throwing black flames until the ****er dies.
- Anonymous
Try to go behind him and bait out the shield slam attack. Only attack him then. I did this and beat the Warmaster's shack one and the church of vows one. Hope this helps you, too!
- Anonymous
This guy feels way better to fight as a mage than as a melee character. He's actually very telegraphed and his attacks are super fair in terms of windows. The issue is that up close you can't really see what he is doing as the blade travels outside the camera frustum.
- Anonymous
What a pain in the ass. In almost every encounter, he spawns inside shacks or within a structure or a hall (Church of Vows or Shaded Castle). At first, the most natural thing to do at first is to create some distance due to his big ass sword. But when you do, you'll be in a world of hurt. This guy teaches you to stick to him like glue since his attacks are much easier to read and avoid. Hence, I just stay in the shack with him, with the camera adding to the mayhem.
- Anonymous
After like 30 tries, I beat the one in Caelid at lvl 122, using the Ordovis Greatsword and a bunch of buffs (GV, FGMS etc.). Most aggravating boss in the game so far. Why does a guy with Final boss difficulty scaling only drop 50k runes for your efforts? Whatever, good riddance
- Anonymous
After 3 hours and 30 tries I finally beat the one in Caelid at lvl 122, using Ordovis's greatsword and stacking GV, FGMS, and a Physick to boost strength and holy dmg. Absolutely the most punishing and aggravating boss I've fought thus far, much worse than the shardbearers (I am just reaching the Mountain Top). Only other bosses that have given me this many fits up til this point are Limgrave Tree Sentinel and Liurnia Godskin Noble. But BBH is by far the worst. Even with all the buffs I cast, he's still tanky af and at 50 vigor he could still frequently 3-shot me with that stupid flying sword trick. It makes no sense a boss this hard only drops 50k runes, Im absolutely blown I let him dismantle me that long for that reward lol.
As others have suggested, DO NOT roll away from him to heal, he'll smoke you everytime. Stay as close as possible and dodge forward and slightly right so you can keep his use of the cheesy OP moves to a minimum. After dodging his final strike, you have like 1.5 sec to either get one strike in or heal then. I would only recommend a charged R2 if you successfully dodge the shield bash or slam.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
For the Warmaster’s Shack, you need to buy something and exhaust his dialogue before the Bell Bearing Hunter appears.
- Anonymous
This guy showed up at war masters shack before I even got near to Margit.
- Anonymous
Level 315, 60 vig, on NG+6 the one in Caelid is a nightmare to fight. His flying sword attack dealt VERY HUGE damage (65% HP), thank god I know how to parry these guys.
- Anonymous
I don't think you need to enter Stormveil castle for him to appear. I travelled to Stormhill shack, but did not entered the castle. He did appeared at night.
- Anonymous
Note: if the hunter isnt spawning, try buying something from the merchant and then going to nighttime and resting. this worked for me.
- Anonymous
i have fought Bell Bearing Hunter at the Isolated Merchant's Shack in Weeping Peninsula at version 1.08.1
you just need to pass time till night at that grace and then again rest at it and the merchant will disappear
and then Bell Bearing Hunter will spawn
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Stay close and keep parrying, you'll have to dodge grab attack and shield slam only. They'll spam their flying sword bs if you keep your distance.
- Anonymous
Stay close and keep parrying, you'll have to dodge grab attack and shield slam only. They'll spam their flying sword bs if you keep your distance.
- Anonymous
The one by the Warmaster Shack I cheesed to beat. I don't feel remotely bad about that.
- Anonymous
Had him down to a little less than half health. Started backing up to stay out of range of the red magic swords and pumped 5-6 kukris into him...Boom. Bleed death.
- Anonymous
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stay close to him and parry, this will make things much easier
- Anonymous
I killed the Caelid one at level 120, just staying out of range and spamming Bolt of Gransucc
- Anonymous
I'm pretty sure the bell bearing hunter in caelid has more than 80 stance, or takes reduced stance damage. Using the stonebarbed cracked tear + cragblade on 2 handed starfists could not stun lock him using charged R2s in half a dozen attempts whereas it was doable on all the other ones, even without stonebarbed cracked tear.
- Anonymous
I like to use the Dark Moon GS against this *******. Ranged sword battle is kinda badass.
- Anonymous
Jump on the roof, cast blackflame blade and use gravitas ash. It will apply the %hp blackflame while you're completely safe. It works with poison and rot greases as well.
- Anonymous
Finally got the Caelid idiot thanks to the Venomous Fang. With a STR build, slow weapons were absolutely not usable since you have approximately 1 second of leeway between two of his combos. Poison did a good job, the rest was a lot of rolls, and a good greadshield, but was that a ridiculous fight
- Anonymous
What if I told you the Bell Bearing Hunter had that DAWG in him
- Anonymous
Dude in Caelid is unironically one of the most ridiculous fights in the game on certain builds. Have to use uplifting aromatics to survive a hit unless you have crazy high vig. If you have no way to lock him into poise breaks, be prepared to cheese.
- Anonymous
Is the Caelid one giving you trouble? Use Torrent to jump on top of the shack. Make sure the hunter stays under you. Spam Starcaller Cry (both L1s). You're welcome.
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this guy is, no exageration, harder than godfrey.. Dieing more times to him (the last one) than one of the final bosses
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
With two handed greatsword and bonus poise break from a tonic, this guy still didnt even flinch
The easiest way to beat him is to stagger him with 3 charged heavy attacks from the grafted dragon fist weapon with the spiked cracked crystal tear while he's spawning in. Then after you repost you hit him with another charged r2, dodge one string of attacks and give him another charged r2 or two until he staggers again.
The grafted dragon head is kinda op with how fast it's charged r2s come out
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